Robert Stanton

A parolee is behind bars in connection with the cold-case slaying of a cancer patient that he married while in prison, according to the Harris County District Attorney’s Office. Archie Lynn Overstreet, 60, has been charged with murder in the November 2010 death of Taffy Overstreet, 51, whose family reported missing from her northeast Houston […]
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The City of Seabrook has a new city councilman after Saturday’s special runoff, but the election results were delayed because of problems with the electronic voting equipment, a city official said. Robert J. Llorente, an accountant, received 91 votes to defeat Robert Duncan, a retired systems engineer who received 87 votes, said Seabrook City Secretary […]
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A shelter in place order has been lifted at a southeast Houston hotel after Houston firefighters pinpointed cause of a radiation alarm, a Houston Fire Department spokesman said. HFD Capt. Ruy Lozano said that a construction crew was conducting X-rays of underground pipes near Americas Best Value Inn at 8800 Airport Blvd., when the operation […]
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Richmond police have charged a man in connection with a fight on June 5 in which the victim later died, according to reports. Ryan Clark Ross, 28, of Richmond, has been charged with aggravated assault in the case, a second-degree felony, police said. Authorities may upgrade the charge to murder based on the results of […]
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Houston police have arrested a man they say sexually assaulted an 11-year-old girl in February and tried to convince her not to report the rape, Harris County prosecutors said. Hector Nicholas Santis, 27, is charged with sexual assault of a child under 14 years of age, and was being held Friday in the Harris County […]
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When Bill Barnes hopped into his car to return an overdue library book, it was one of the longest trips in his life – not the 63 miles but the 70 years it took to get it back to the Weatherford Library, west of Fort Worth. Barnes, 81, said he was 11 years old when […]
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A Houston man is accused of breaking the leg of a 6-month-old girl in his care this spring in northeast Houston, according to the Harris County District Attorney’s Office. Lakeith Arnell James, 22, has been charged with felony injury to a child in connection with the incident at his apartment on Sterlingshire Street, court records show. Houston […]
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She’s alive and well and smells like rotting flesh, and her fans just keep coming. Meet “Morticia,” the Giant Corpse flower that began to bloom on June 13 at the Moody Gardens Rainforest Pyramid. With a short blooming period of two to four days, visitors have the rare opportunity to see and smell the Amorphophallus […]
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A Fort Bend County man has been charged with exposing himself to several girls attending a children’s party, according to the Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office. The suspect, Zenon Pico, 58, faces felony charges of indecency with a child by contact and indecency with a child by exposure in connection with the May 20 incident, deputies […]
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A Houston man is accused of fondling his daughter’s friend who came over to play with her at their southwest Houston apartment, Harris County prosecutors said. Guillermo Hernandez, 31, has been charged with indecency with a child and was being held Wednesday in the Harris County Jail under a $20,000 bond, court records show. The […]
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